Reduce Price to Improve Revenues and Margins
CHOICE 3: USE COMPONENTS OF PRICE TO FURTHER LIMIT THE SPREAD OF THE LOWER PRICE
D. Change the Optional Components of Price
Provide a sample of the product
No. | SIC | Year | Notes |
1 | 2711 | 2006 | Subscribers can now renew their Business Week subscription and send a year-long subscription to the person for only $59.97. That's a savings of 88% off the cover price for both subscriptions. |
2 | 3679 | 1995 | When Computer Associates International Inc. introduced its accounting program, Simply Money, in 1993, it gave away its first million copies for free, for word-of-mouth advertising and to persuade customers to buy upgrades and related programs. |
3 | 4899 | 1996 | AT&T launched its Internet-access service by giving its long-distance customers entry to the network for free. Customers get 5 free hours a month plus $2.50 for each additional hour. They'll be charged $19.95/mo. after first year. |
4 | 5735 | 2004 | In Apple's iTunes Music Store, users can browse and listen to 30-second clips for free, and buy songs for 99 cents each, or about $10 for most albums. |
5 | 6021 | 2003 | Washington Mutual allows other banks' customers to use its ATM machines without paying the customary $1.50 surcharge. But other fees still apply. Washington Mutual still charges its own customers $1.50 for using another bank's ATM. |
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